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Post by wirralwelsh on Sept 22, 2020 22:31:12 GMT
Yes sure, this is the proposals. Its kind of a painful read though!
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 22, 2020 23:02:10 GMT
Yes sure, this is the proposals. Its kind of a painful read though! Yeah that was painful - hurt my brain trying to read that. I don't really understand it because in one section it says that player has to hold the nationality and then it seemingly contradicts that in the section you are referring to. It still seems to me though that if China wanted to harvest Brazilian players they'd have been able to do that anyway - only difference is now if they are capped a couple of times by Brazil they can still switch I just don't like the 5 year naturalisation rule to be honest. I think it's too loose and allows for countries to essentially sign players. I'm glad that we, as home nations & historic nations in football, have certain principles in place regarding this - hopefully one day the world follows suit. It seems especially pointless given that in modern times players usually have dual nationalities and it's not uncommon to have triple eligibility these days too - the players have more choice than ever
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Post by walesgolfmadrid on Sept 23, 2020 9:25:51 GMT
Yes sure, this is the proposals. Its kind of a painful read though! Yeah that was painful - hurt my brain trying to read that. I don't really understand it because in one section it says that player has to hold the nationality and then it seemingly contradicts that in the section you are referring to. It still seems to me though that if China wanted to harvest Brazilian players they'd have been able to do that anyway - only difference is now if they are capped a couple of times by Brazil they can still switch I just don't like the 5 year naturalisation rule to be honest. I think it's too loose and allows for countries to essentially sign players. I'm glad that we, as home nations & historic nations in football, have certain principles in place regarding this - hopefully one day the world follows suit. It seems especially pointless given that in modern times players usually have dual nationalities and it's not uncommon to have triple eligibility these days too - the players have more choice than ever I like that we don't do it, but it isn't being done out of any principle. It's purely being done as you can legally become a naturalized British citizen, not a naturalized Welsh citizen and it would throw up all sorts of complications between the home nations competing for players. Aymeric Laporte would be half way to be becoming eligible to play for Northern Ireland, despite unlikely to have ever stepped foot in the country, for example, and when eligible would have all four associations competing for him.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 23, 2020 9:35:46 GMT
Yeah that was painful - hurt my brain trying to read that. I don't really understand it because in one section it says that player has to hold the nationality and then it seemingly contradicts that in the section you are referring to. It still seems to me though that if China wanted to harvest Brazilian players they'd have been able to do that anyway - only difference is now if they are capped a couple of times by Brazil they can still switch I just don't like the 5 year naturalisation rule to be honest. I think it's too loose and allows for countries to essentially sign players. I'm glad that we, as home nations & historic nations in football, have certain principles in place regarding this - hopefully one day the world follows suit. It seems especially pointless given that in modern times players usually have dual nationalities and it's not uncommon to have triple eligibility these days too - the players have more choice than ever I like that we don't do it, but it isn't being done out of any principle. It's purely being done as you can legally become a naturalized British citizen, not a naturalized Welsh citizen and it would throw up all sorts of complications between the home nations competing for players. Aymeric Laporte would be half way to be becoming eligible to play for Northern Ireland, despite unlikely to have ever stepped foot in the country, for example, and when eligible would have all four associations competing for him. Ahh okay that makes sense. Do you think then, if the UK were to break up it might be more likely that the FAW would pursue it as an option? To me it seems as though part of what makes our squad so together is that even if they are not all born here, they are involved with us from a young age and are taught what it means to be Welsh & have that understanding. Is it possible to do that with a 28 year old who has lived here since the age of 23? I don’t know - I just feel that would undermine our togetherness. In that sense the restrictions actually help us in my mind
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Post by TheWelshWay on Sept 23, 2020 10:24:58 GMT
These eligibility rules just getting more complicated every time they mess around with them. Clearly a cynical attempt by China to get a bunch of Brazilians on board as they cannot produce their own players. Couple of more straightforward points:- friendly internationals at any level, youth or senior don't count for anything. Whether that's Ampadu at under-16 level or Williams if she plays the Senior match against England I believe. Also once you've formally switched nations having played a competitive underage cap and then competitive cap for a new country (e.g Lloyd Jones) can't switch back. Not too sure it would affect us in any meaningful way in the short term though. Potentially Neco or Matondo could switch to England under the laws.Don't think so as he's got 4 caps for us.
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Post by dai on Sept 23, 2020 10:44:41 GMT
Yes sure, this is the proposals. Its kind of a painful read though! Yeah that was painful - hurt my brain trying to read that. I don't really understand it because in one section it says that player has to hold the nationality and then it seemingly contradicts that in the section you are referring to. It still seems to me though that if China wanted to harvest Brazilian players they'd have been able to do that anyway - only difference is now if they are capped a couple of times by Brazil they can still switch I just don't like the 5 year naturalisation rule to be honest. I think it's too loose and allows for countries to essentially sign players. I'm glad that we, as home nations & historic nations in football, have certain principles in place regarding this - hopefully one day the world follows suit. It seems especially pointless given that in modern times players usually have dual nationalities and it's not uncommon to have triple eligibility these days too - the players have more choice than everIs this like the residency rule in rugby? Absolutely detest that if this is the case.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 23, 2020 11:11:00 GMT
Yeah that was painful - hurt my brain trying to read that. I don't really understand it because in one section it says that player has to hold the nationality and then it seemingly contradicts that in the section you are referring to. It still seems to me though that if China wanted to harvest Brazilian players they'd have been able to do that anyway - only difference is now if they are capped a couple of times by Brazil they can still switch I just don't like the 5 year naturalisation rule to be honest. I think it's too loose and allows for countries to essentially sign players. I'm glad that we, as home nations & historic nations in football, have certain principles in place regarding this - hopefully one day the world follows suit. It seems especially pointless given that in modern times players usually have dual nationalities and it's not uncommon to have triple eligibility these days too - the players have more choice than everIs this like the residency rule in rugby? Absolutely detest that if this is the case. Yeah basically
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Post by walesgolfmadrid on Sept 23, 2020 11:11:02 GMT
I like that we don't do it, but it isn't being done out of any principle. It's purely being done as you can legally become a naturalized British citizen, not a naturalized Welsh citizen and it would throw up all sorts of complications between the home nations competing for players. Aymeric Laporte would be half way to be becoming eligible to play for Northern Ireland, despite unlikely to have ever stepped foot in the country, for example, and when eligible would have all four associations competing for him. Ahh okay that makes sense. Do you think then, if the UK were to break up it might be more likely that the FAW would pursue it as an option? To me it seems as though part of what makes our squad so together is that even if they are not all born here, they are involved with us from a young age and are taught what it means to be Welsh & have that understanding. Is it possible to do that with a 28 year old who has lived here since the age of 23? I don’t know - I just feel that would undermine our togetherness. In that sense the restrictions actually help us in my mind Yeah, if the UK was to break up then they'd definitely do it. Ireland can do it, but are very unlikely to ever be in a position where it'd be applicable. They'd need a non-Irish citizen to play well enough in the Irish league to warrant an Ireland call up, but not be good enough to move on from the league for over five years to become a naturalized citizen, which isn't going to happen. Wales are probably a long way off being independent though, so I doubt it's something we really need to worry about. If Scotland were to regain independence the only players they'd be realistically looking at calling up would be James Tavernier or Ntcham in a couple of years.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 23, 2020 11:15:24 GMT
Ahh okay that makes sense. Do you think then, if the UK were to break up it might be more likely that the FAW would pursue it as an option? To me it seems as though part of what makes our squad so together is that even if they are not all born here, they are involved with us from a young age and are taught what it means to be Welsh & have that understanding. Is it possible to do that with a 28 year old who has lived here since the age of 23? I don’t know - I just feel that would undermine our togetherness. In that sense the restrictions actually help us in my mind Yeah, if the UK was to break up then they'd definitely do it. Ireland can do it, but are very unlikely to ever be in a position where it'd be applicable. They'd need a non-Irish citizen to play well enough in the Irish league to warrant an Ireland call up, but not be good enough to move on from the league for over five years to become a naturalized citizen, which isn't going to happen. Wales are probably a long way off being independent though, so I doubt it's something we really need to worry about. I think we're potentially closer to independence than you think. I think Scotland leaving could have a knock on effect for N.I & Wales Politics aside - the only way this would affect us is if we had a non-Welsh player playing for Swansea/Cardiff for 5+ years who wasn't good enough for their national team & wanted to switch. Years gone by players like Whittingham (RIP) or Angel Rangel would have been eligible if we were independent
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Post by walesgolfmadrid on Sept 23, 2020 11:23:06 GMT
Yeah, if the UK was to break up then they'd definitely do it. Ireland can do it, but are very unlikely to ever be in a position where it'd be applicable. They'd need a non-Irish citizen to play well enough in the Irish league to warrant an Ireland call up, but not be good enough to move on from the league for over five years to become a naturalized citizen, which isn't going to happen. Wales are probably a long way off being independent though, so I doubt it's something we really need to worry about. I think we're potentially closer to independence than you think. I think Scotland leaving could have a knock on effect for N.I & Wales Politics aside - the only way this would affect us is if we had a non-Welsh player playing for Swansea/Cardiff for 5+ years who wasn't good enough for their national team & wanted to switch. Years gone by players like Whittingham (RIP) or Angel Rangel would have been eligible if we were independent Hopefully, we'll see. Yeah, it's rare in the modern day that a foreign players would come in and play over five years, but I think quite a lot of English players would, which would make it a bit of a issue. For the Swans in recent years you'd have had: Alan Tate (2007), Garry Monk (2009), Kyle Naughton (2020), Leon Britton (2007), Darren Pratley (2010), Mark Gower (2013), Nathan Dyer (2014), Wayne Routledge (2016), Andy Robinson (2008), Matt Grimes (2020), Jay Fulton (2019). I think that it would cause a few problems, to say the least.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 23, 2020 12:39:53 GMT
I think we're potentially closer to independence than you think. I think Scotland leaving could have a knock on effect for N.I & Wales Politics aside - the only way this would affect us is if we had a non-Welsh player playing for Swansea/Cardiff for 5+ years who wasn't good enough for their national team & wanted to switch. Years gone by players like Whittingham (RIP) or Angel Rangel would have been eligible if we were independent Hopefully, we'll see. Yeah, it's rare in the modern day that a foreign players would come in and play over five years, but I think quite a lot of English players would, which would make it a bit of a issue. For the Swans in recent years you'd have had: Alan Tate (2007), Garry Monk (2009), Kyle Naughton (2020), Leon Britton (2007), Darren Pratley (2010), Mark Gower (2013), Nathan Dyer (2014), Wayne Routledge (2016), Andy Robinson (2008), Matt Grimes (2020), Jay Fulton (2019). I think that it would cause a few problems, to say the least. Yeah I agree. In my personal view I can’t imagine moving to another country now for 5 years and feeling that it was now my nationality. Perhaps I’m not being open-minded enough, and certainly it’s different for people that are refugees etc., but to me nationality is quite a personal thing, and I just don’t see 5 years as anywhere near long enough. I could maybe agree to it if it were 10 years, as that seems more indicative of commitment to and settlement within a country - this would certainly make it a rarer occurrence too
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Post by pendragon on Sept 23, 2020 13:33:43 GMT
Yeah, if the UK was to break up then they'd definitely do it. Ireland can do it, but are very unlikely to ever be in a position where it'd be applicable. They'd need a non-Irish citizen to play well enough in the Irish league to warrant an Ireland call up, but not be good enough to move on from the league for over five years to become a naturalized citizen, which isn't going to happen. Wales are probably a long way off being independent though, so I doubt it's something we really need to worry about. I think we're potentially closer to independence than you think. I think Scotland leaving could have a knock on effect for N.I & Wales. I definitely agree with this although I don't necessarily think it will take Scotland leaving to make us seriously consider it further. It looks as though we're heading in that direction anyway. I do think we are different to Scotland in many ways on this as support for it here tends to cut across all political parties, views and spectrums to varying degrees and there is evidence of gradual, growing support for it even within the traditional "pro-union" parties. Sorry - I will drop the politics now.
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Post by pendragon on Sept 23, 2020 13:38:37 GMT
Hopefully, we'll see. Yeah, it's rare in the modern day that a foreign players would come in and play over five years, but I think quite a lot of English players would, which would make it a bit of a issue. For the Swans in recent years you'd have had: Alan Tate (2007), Garry Monk (2009), Kyle Naughton (2020), Leon Britton (2007), Darren Pratley (2010), Mark Gower (2013), Nathan Dyer (2014), Wayne Routledge (2016), Andy Robinson (2008), Matt Grimes (2020), Jay Fulton (2019). I think that it would cause a few problems, to say the least. Yeah I agree. In my personal view I can’t imagine moving to another country now for 5 years and feeling that it was now my nationality. Perhaps I’m not being open-minded enough, and certainly it’s different for people that are refugees etc., but to me nationality is quite a personal thing, and I just don’t see 5 years as anywhere near long enough. I could maybe agree to it if it were 10 years, as that seems more indicative of commitment to and settlement within a country - this would certainly make it a rarer occurrence too I agree although I could understand this rule applying to those who have been made technically "stateless" and who move to another country. I think it makes sense with respect to adults who moved here before they were 18.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 23, 2020 15:18:08 GMT
I think we're potentially closer to independence than you think. I think Scotland leaving could have a knock on effect for N.I & Wales. I definitely agree with this although I don't necessarily think it will take Scotland leaving to make us seriously consider it further. It looks as though we're heading in that direction anyway. I do think we are different to Scotland in many ways on this as support for it here tends to cut across all political parties, views and spectrums to varying degrees and there is evidence of gradual, growing support for it even within the traditional "pro-union" parties. Sorry - I will drop the politics now. I don’t want to derail the thread with politics but just quickly a few points on this from my own experiences I personally believe in independence and always try to explain some of the arguments to people who I know who haven’t considered it before. What’s absolutely fascinating to me is that several people I’ve talked to about this, who haven’t read any of the arguments, always default to ‘we’re too small/too poor’. Sion Jobbins talks about this type of comment as being the proxy argument for ‘I don’t want to have to think about it’ rather than a statement of knowledge that we are too poor - which is obviously completely ridiculous & fallacious, & is a statement that has been thrown at every country in the world prior to independence, only for it to never play out in reality The reason I bring this up is that I had a conversation with a friend roughly 6 months ago where they said exactly this, and I sensibly laid out a few reasons why it’s an incorrect statement and gave a few of the arguments for independence. At the time they were still saying things like “hmmm I don’t know - not sure it would work”. Then out of the blue yesterday I found out they had just signed up to pledge to vote yes on the Yes Cymru website! They’d gone away and thought about it and our original discussion had just opened their mind to the possibility of it. I think these simple discussions do go a long way to changing the collective narrative, although it does take time & I think we are some way behind Scotland. However, Scotland leaving & Ireland re-unifying would almost force a lot of the population to actually think about it rather than have a stock meaningless answer & we could see this conversation accelerate For now I just try to explain to people that are interested in independence that if you really want it to happen, you can’t vote for Labour & it’s crazy how little people know about how Welsh Labour/Labour vote on certain issues relating to Wales - they’re normally gobsmacked at their voting record Anyway! Apologies for hijacking the thread - I know not everyone wants to see politics when they come to escape to a football forum. Just thought it was an interesting point to follow up on
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Post by pendragon on Sept 23, 2020 15:50:49 GMT
I definitely agree with this although I don't necessarily think it will take Scotland leaving to make us seriously consider it further. It looks as though we're heading in that direction anyway. I do think we are different to Scotland in many ways on this as support for it here tends to cut across all political parties, views and spectrums to varying degrees and there is evidence of gradual, growing support for it even within the traditional "pro-union" parties. Sorry - I will drop the politics now. I don’t want to derail the thread with politics but just quickly a few points on this from my own experiences I personally believe in independence and always try to explain some of the arguments to people who I know who haven’t considered it before. What’s absolutely fascinating to me is that several people I’ve talked to about this, who haven’t read any of the arguments, always default to ‘we’re too small/too poor’. Sion Jobbins talks about this type of comment as being the proxy argument for ‘I don’t want to have to think about it’ rather than a statement of knowledge that we are too poor - which is obviously completely ridiculous & fallacious, & is a statement that has been thrown at every country in the world prior to independence, only for it to never play out in reality The reason I bring this up is that I had a conversation with a friend roughly 6 months ago where they said exactly this, and I sensibly laid out a few reasons why it’s an incorrect statement and gave a few of the arguments for independence. At the time they were still saying things like “hmmm I don’t know - not sure it would work”. Then out of the blue yesterday I found out they had just signed up to pledge to vote yes on the Yes Cymru website! They’d gone away and thought about it and our original discussion had just opened their mind to the possibility of it. I think these simple discussions do go a long way to changing the collective narrative, although it does take time & I think we are some way behind Scotland. However, Scotland leaving & Ireland re-unifying would almost force a lot of the population to actually think about it rather than have a stock meaningless answer & we could see this conversation accelerate For now I just try to explain to people that are interested in independence that if you really want it to happen, you can’t vote for Labour & it’s crazy how little people know about how Welsh Labour/Labour vote on certain issues relating to Wales - they’re normally gobsmacked at their voting record Anyway! Apologies for hijacking the thread - I know not everyone wants to see politics when they come to escape to a football forum. Just thought it was an interesting point to follow up on Yeah, it is. I think there is an independence thread somewhere on here if people want to continue with the debate 👍
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Post by wirralwelsh on Sept 23, 2020 23:41:35 GMT
These eligibility rules just getting more complicated every time they mess around with them. Clearly a cynical attempt by China to get a bunch of Brazilians on board as they cannot produce their own players. Couple of more straightforward points:- friendly internationals at any level, youth or senior don't count for anything. Whether that's Ampadu at under-16 level or Williams if she plays the Senior match against England I believe. Also once you've formally switched nations having played a competitive underage cap and then competitive cap for a new country (e.g Lloyd Jones) can't switch back. Not too sure it would affect us in any meaningful way in the short term though. Potentially Neco or Matondo could switch to England under the laws.Don't think so as he's got 4 caps for us. That would be if as now friendly matches did not count and only competitive caps which may or not now be the case?
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Post by TheWelshWay on Sept 24, 2020 9:16:27 GMT
Don't think so as he's got 4 caps for us. That would be if as now friendly matches did not count and only competitive caps which may or not now be the case? My understanding for this new rule is that 4 matches (friendly or qualifer) will tie you to that nation regardless of your age.
"4. Was fielded in no more than three matches at “A” international level in any kind of football for their current association, whether in an official competition or non-official competition."
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Post by iot on Sept 24, 2020 18:34:55 GMT
Presumably Rhys Williams, the Liverpool Cb starting tonight, isn't eligible for us otherwise he would have already been in our youth system? He's from Preston, but with a name like that I imagine the FAW Trust have looked into it.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 24, 2020 18:48:22 GMT
I'd imagine it's almost certain he is eligible with a name like that, although I'd say it seems like he feels English through and through as - probably born & raised there with at least 1 English parent. I guess not everyone with Welsh heritage would necessarily be interested in representing us!
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Post by oscardelta on Sept 24, 2020 21:16:52 GMT
Yeah I agree. In my personal view I can’t imagine moving to another country now for 5 years and feeling that it was now my nationality. Perhaps I’m not being open-minded enough, and certainly it’s different for people that are refugees etc., but to me nationality is quite a personal thing, and I just don’t see 5 years as anywhere near long enough. I could maybe agree to it if it were 10 years, as that seems more indicative of commitment to and settlement within a country - this would certainly make it a rarer occurrence too It depends.
I moved to UK 25 plus yrs ago, no intentions of ever having a UK passport, my lad born in Uk and has Irish one plus another EU one and has zero interest in having a UK one.
However IF you were to move to Australia / NZ / US then not taking out citizenship screws you for many things including right to stay etc so taking it out would be matter of course.
It depends on individual circumstances.
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Post by oscardelta on Sept 24, 2020 21:28:22 GMT
I think we're potentially closer to independence than you think. I think Scotland leaving could have a knock on effect for N.I & Wales. I definitely agree with this although I don't necessarily think it will take Scotland leaving to make us seriously consider it further. It looks as though we're heading in that direction anyway. I do think we are different to Scotland in many ways on this as support for it here tends to cut across all political parties, views and spectrums to varying degrees and there is evidence of gradual, growing support for it even within the traditional "pro-union" parties. Sorry - I will drop the politics now. Scotland will go, it is pretty much guaranteed, Brexit referendum ensured that.
NI will not go independent, if it voted and tried you can guarantee Belfast / Derry / Fermanagh / Tyrone / Armagh would break away to join ROI. US would not recognise NI as independent, neither would EU. Only one route here during UK breakup. The Irish American vote is not people thinking they Irish but it is understanding where they come from and how the ancestors got there. Look at kicking Bojo has got from both US partys when thinking he can screw Good Friday Agreement.
Wales is a difficult one but gut feeling is it would not vote for independence within next 10-15 years.
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Post by oscardelta on Sept 24, 2020 21:33:28 GMT
Presumably Rhys Williams, the Liverpool Cb starting tonight, isn't eligible for us otherwise he would have already been in our youth system? He's from Preston, but with a name like that I imagine the FAW Trust have looked into it. Lazy approach is just go on name alone. I have spoken with FAI scout who operates within UK, he sees and talks to many many teenagers, some interested, some not but lets say he has the homework done well in advance and knows the family line.
Of course in certain cases kid was at a Catholic school with an Irish teacher who knew the parents / grandparents and made a suggestion.
Bit more difficult from a Wales perspective in that regard.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 24, 2020 21:54:44 GMT
Presumably Rhys Williams, the Liverpool Cb starting tonight, isn't eligible for us otherwise he would have already been in our youth system? He's from Preston, but with a name like that I imagine the FAW Trust have looked into it. Lazy approach is just go on name alone. I have spoken with FAI scout who operates within UK, he sees and talks to many many teenagers, some interested, some not but lets say he has the homework done well in advance and knows the family line.
Of course in certain cases kid was at a Catholic school with an Irish teacher who knew the parents / grandparents and made a suggestion.
Bit more difficult from a Wales perspective in that regard.
It's not so much the surname - more so the spelling of his first name. Really rare to see a Rhys with zero Welsh lineage Either way the FAW leave no stone unturned. He's either ineligible, or eligible and not interested. Would be good to know if he has eligibility because if a career with England doesn't materialise there's always a chance but for now nothing to get too excited about I'd expect
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Post by dai on Sept 24, 2020 22:05:26 GMT
Lazy approach is just go on name alone. I have spoken with FAI scout who operates within UK, he sees and talks to many many teenagers, some interested, some not but lets say he has the homework done well in advance and knows the family line.
Of course in certain cases kid was at a Catholic school with an Irish teacher who knew the parents / grandparents and made a suggestion.
Bit more difficult from a Wales perspective in that regard.
It's not so much the surname - more so the spelling of his first name. Really rare to see a Rhys with zero Welsh lineage Either way the FAW leave no stone unturned. He's either ineligible, or eligible and not interested. Would be good to know if he has eligibility because if a career with England doesn't materialise there's always a chance but for now nothing to get too excited about I'd expect Exactly, it's also a name you see less often these days in younger kids/boys. I grew up with lots of Rhys', but there's hardly any in my daughters' Welsh school. Done a bit of research tonight, and it looks like there's no eligibility......but would be interesting to find out if he is.
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Post by welshrover on Oct 29, 2020 8:02:02 GMT
I'm wondering if anybody has had a look at the eligibility of Harry Pickering at Crewe. Attracting a lot of attention from bigger clubs at the moment.
Yes he was born in Chester but I know his brother Sam has represented Wales at boxing, (possibly a badge of convenience as they live right on the border) but might be worth checking out.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Oct 29, 2020 9:38:01 GMT
I'm wondering if anybody has had a look at the eligibility of Harry Pickering at Crewe. Attracting a lot of attention from bigger clubs at the moment. Yes he was born in Chester but I know his brother Sam has represented Wales at boxing, (possibly a badge of convenience as they live right on the border) but might be worth checking out. dragonsoccer will know if he's been checked out. It's a great spot but then again I wouldn't be surprised if the FAW already know about him - I'm always amazed at their ability to research possible players Like how they had researched Will Hughes several years back and knew he was ineligible way before he came out as saying he could qualify for us. No stone unturned but you never know - this one could have slipped through the cracks
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Post by impeachabull on Oct 29, 2020 12:24:00 GMT
Anyone know the score with Ronan Hughes at Hamilton? A few reports linking him to us through his father, but this article from Dragon Soccer says "not eligible for Wales".
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Post by dragonsoccer on Oct 30, 2020 10:28:15 GMT
Ronan Hughes was checked back in 2017, no welsh links
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Post by dragonsoccer on Oct 30, 2020 10:30:00 GMT
I'm wondering if anybody has had a look at the eligibility of Harry Pickering at Crewe. Attracting a lot of attention from bigger clubs at the moment. Yes he was born in Chester but I know his brother Sam has represented Wales at boxing, (possibly a badge of convenience as they live right on the border) but might be worth checking out. dragonsoccer will know if he's been checked out. It's a great spot but then again I wouldn't be surprised if the FAW already know about him - I'm always amazed at their ability to research possible players Like how they had researched Will Hughes several years back and knew he was ineligible way before he came out as saying he could qualify for us. No stone unturned but you never know - this one could have slipped through the cracks Will check out any links etc
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Post by talyfan on Jan 20, 2021 12:18:45 GMT
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